A Case for Charitable Giving

It is said that you cannot give without receiving and I certainly have found that true in my own life. That being said, I feel guilty of not doing more to help others. Now, I have all kinds of reasons why I haven’t stepped up to the plate of charitable giving – I’m so busy with my work and my family, etc.  Excuses have been easy for me to manufacture but the reality is that I just haven’t taken the time to think about all of the blessings I have been given in my life while there are millions of people suffering every day.

However, recently, I was given a wake-up call and given a reason to consider getting involved with charitable giving in my life. This past Saturday my wife and I had the privilege of attending the Fifteenth Annual UFCW Minority Coalition Ball on Capitol Hill. The event is a recognition ball for the organization as well as an annual fundraiser for “Faces of Our Children” a charity founded to help educate and fund research and support for children suffering from Sickle Cell Anemia. I was introduced to the charity by a friend and I never realized the suffering that these poor children will go through over their life time without the proper help. Even with medical attention and medicine, when a child is in “crisis” it is truly heart breaking to hear of the physical toll that this disease can have on a young innocent individual.

You may ask, “What is your interest in a charity for a disease that you are not a risk for or have no direct connection to?”  We should all care whenever any child is suffering and we can do something to help. “Faces of Our Children” is one of many charities that can use our support through charitable giving.

This is my commitment to charitable giving for 2014:

I will identify two organizations that I feel need support.
I will get active and make the time to support either financially or with my time.
I will give with the expectation that one person “can” make a  difference
I will challenge all my readers to do the same.

People need our help. There are truly those in need of clothing, food and medicine. We need not forget “there but for the grace of God, go I.” There are many souls who have stumbled for whatever reason onto hard times, and we all have a responsibility to care.

 

Good Selling

 

Bob

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